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The coffee is prepared in such a way that it makes those who drink it witty: at least there is not a single soul who, on quitting the house, does not believe himself four times wittier that when he entered it.

Baron de Montesquieu

Republics end through luxury; monarchies through poverty.
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Luxury Republic Tyrants
If you would be holy, instruct your children, because all the good acts they perform will be imputed to you.
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Children Holy Imputed Instruct Perform
I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should seem a fool, but be wise.
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Philosophical Success Wise
Vanity and pride of nations; vanity is as advantageous to a government as pride is dangerous.
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Government Pride Vanity
You have to study a great deal to know a little.
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Learning Littles Study
Law in general is human reason, inasmuch as it governs all the inhabitants of the earth: the political and civil laws of each nation ought to be only the particular cases in which human reason is applied.
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Earth Law Political
Lunch kills half of Paris, supper the other half.
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Lunch Paris Philosophical
It is necessary from the very nature of things that power should be a check to power.
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Checks Power Should
Men, who are rogues individually, are in the mass very honorable people.
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Men People Teamwork
Men should be bewailed at their birth, and not at their death.
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Birth Men Philosophical
Experience constantly proves that every man who has power is impelled to abuse it; he goes on till he is pulled up by some limits. Who would say it! virtue even has need of limits.
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Abuse Men Power
The crime against nature will never make any great progress in society unless people are prompted to it by some particular custom.
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Crime People Progress
The severity of the laws prevents their execution.
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Execution Law Philosophical
A rational army would run away.
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Army Running War
Those who have few affairs to attend to are great speakers. The less men think, the more they talk.
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Men Talking Thinking
The history of commerce is that of the communication of the people.
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Commerce Communication People

The coffee is prepared in such a way that it makes those who drink it witty: at least there is not a single soul who, on quitting the house, does not believe himself four times wittier that when he entered it.

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